do you think they will hail the health care law? >> probably not. it's clearly something that they all ran against and governor romney's campaign was that he was going to defund and embark on obama care. but maybe a generation fortunately now. >> let's get to the second part, part 2. what do you see the biggest challenges that the president is going to face during his second term? >> i see two things, alex. first and foremost, presidents have had a horrible second term. bill clinton with his personal situation with monica lewinsky, george w. bush when it came to hurricane katrina. it's tough. the white house staffers are around and soft and not on their a-game. also, the president is tired and perhaps he's not on his a-game. but after january 1st, 2014, president obama will become a lame duck president and people will already start thinking and acting like 2016 is right around the corner. >> does that mean, robert, that you think that republicans are going to play obstructionists? do you think they will? >> i don't think politically they can afford